The second BASIS International School in China, BASIS International School Guangzhou, opened in 2017. Almost 400 students in K–grade 9 attended the first year, and the school will expand each year until it reaches its capacity of 1,200 students in PreK–grade 12. It is also the first BASIS International School to offer a weekday boarding program. Set in a suburb of Guangzhou, the campus offers a friendly atmosphere just outside one of China’s largest cities, with easy access to numerous restaurants, shopping complexes, and historic sites. The school offers state-of-the-art facilities in its classrooms, as well as a soccer field and 300-meter track, two basketball courts, indoor playground, library, Apple computer lab, theater, cafeteria, and boarding facilities for more than 450 students.